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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1889.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 392.

The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 30th day of September, 1889, at 4.30 P.M., are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office. Hongkong, 14th September, 1889.

ARATHOON SETH, for the Colonial Secretary.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 30th day of September, 1889. at 4.30 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 999 Years.

No.

of Sale.

Registry No.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

LOCALITY.

Boundary Measurements,

Contents in

N.

S.

E.

W.

Square ft.

Annual Upset Rent. Price.

feet.

feet. feet. feet.

1

Inland Lot No. 1,219.

South of Kennedy Road and imine-Į

162 126 155 150

diately West of the Tramway, ĺ

21,600 100

4,320

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The Government is not bound by the exact boundaries as shewn on the plan, but reserves the right of making any modification in detail that the Surveyor General may deem necessary in order 'to provide for the widening of roads or forming drains or water courses. Should the area of land when finally set out be more or less than that above given, the excess or deficiency shall be calculated at the sale price per square foot and added or deducted from the amount of the premium and annual Crown Rent.

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2. The highest bilder above the upset price shall be the Purchaser, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the Lot in dispute shall be put up again at a former bidding.

3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $10.

4. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser'shall sign the Memorandum of Agree- ment, hereinafter contained, for completing the purchase according to these Conditions, and shall, within Three Days of the day of sale; pay into the Colonial Treasury the full amount of Premium at which the Lot shall have been purchased.

5. The Purchaser of this Lot shall also pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty the QUEEN, the sum of $10 within three days of the day of Sale, for and in consideration of the Boundary Stones, properly cut, fixed, and marked with the Registry Number, which shall be placed by the Surveyor General, for the Purchaser at each angle of this Lot.

6. The Purchaser of this Lot shall also pay to the Land Officer, on behalf of Her Majesty The QUEEN, a Fee of $5 upon the execution of the Crown Lease thereof.

7. The Purchaser of this Lot shall build and finish, fit for occupation, before the expiration of two years from the day of sale, in a good, substantial and workmanlike manner, one good and permanent messuages or tenements upon some part of his Lot, and shall expend thereon a sum of not less than $15,000 (Fifteen thousand Dollars). The plans of the buildings to be erected on this Lot, to be submitted and approved by the Surveyor General, before the commencement of the work. No tenement of the type usually designed for habitation by Chinese (except for the use of domestic servants) shall be built upon this Lot.

8. When the conditions herein contained have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General the Purchaser of this Lot shall be entitled to, and shall execute on demand, a Lease from the Crown of the Piece of Ground comprised in such Lot for 999 Years, to be computed from the day of Sale, at such Annual Rental, payable half-yearly on the 24th day of June, and the 25th day of December in every Year, as is specified in the Particulars of such Lot herein before contained; and such Crown Lease shall be subject to, and contain, all Exceptions, Reservations, Covenants, Clauses, and Conditions inserted in the Crown Leases of Inland Lots in the Colony of Hongkong.

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